Direction signal



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P. P. BAsTERREix DIRECTION SIGNAL Filed Nov. so, 1925 l vPatented May 15, 1928.

PIERRE PAUL BASTERREIX, OF BUT'IE, MONTANA.

DIRECTION SIGNAL.

pplication led November 30, 1925. Serial No. 72,197.

The present invention relates to the art of 'signal devices for-vehicles and constitutes improvements on the signal lamp disclosed in my. Patent No. 1,544,420 dated June 30, 1925. In my prior invention referred-to the signal which was producedby an operation thereof was conlined to a change of direction indication and while entirely effective for this purpose, it lacked any indication of sto ping of the vehicle.

"he object, therefore, of these improve ments is .to provide a suitable signal device for signaling not only when a change of direction is contemplated but also when the vehicle is to be brought to a stop. I do not claim this to be broadly new as numerous devices have been proposed and used which function in this nianner,'but my aim has been to provide a construction of indicator, the special form Vof which includes a pe culiar arrangement of an interior partition such that it divides the lamp casing into separate compartments and acts as a reflector for opposing signal designations.

, A further object in view is to provide a signal device embodying a special form of resilient lamp support.

Other and further objectsv and advantages of the invention will be herein-after set forth and the novel features thereof4 defined by the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a lamp'constructed in accordance with my invention, having its transparent end closure broken away to show the stencil or indicator plate;

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof with the transparentend closure similarly broken away;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on a line passing through the stop signal compartment;

'Figure 4 is a similar section on a line through the front compartment in advance of the partition;4

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken about on the line 5 5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail of a section of a retainer ring for the end closures of the casing; h.

Figure 7 is a rear elevation of a slightly' modified form of the signal device embodying the tail light, parts being broken away and shown in section to disclose the mounting of one of the lights more clearly;

Figure 8 is a. side elevation, parts being brolren away and shown in section; and F lgure 9 is a detail view ofthe lamp support or bracket.

Lilie reference characters designate c0rrespending parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

The numeral 1 designates an open ended casing preferably, but not necessarily, cylindrical in form, within which is secured an angular partition 2 which, it will be observed by reference to Figure 5, divides the casing into the main compartment 3 and the smaller compartment 4 at the rear of the casing. This partition includes the vertical wall section 2 which-is disposed midway ef ther-using and extends upwardly from the bottom thereof to a point sliglitly above the axis of the casing. then rearwardly and downwardly toward the rear of the casing as indicated by the numeral 2". The interior walls o1' the casing and both sides of the partition-are given reflective surfaces, either by painting, polishing, or otherwise.

As in my prior patent, I preferably employ as closures for the opposite end of the casing the stencil or indicator plates 5 at the. front end 5 at the rear, and the transparent color members 6 and 6', respectively. These closure members are held in place by corresponding ring members 7 -7, each of which is formed with bayonet slots 8, as shown in Figure 6, arranged to coact with screws 9 extending into the casing. This arrangement atfords ready access to the interior of the casing for replacement of bulbs, etc.

The bulb 10 is mounted Within the compartment 3 upon a resilient bracket 11 which consists of a strip ot' metal soldered orl otherwise secured to the interior surface of the casing and having its free end bent laterally and then vertically. Into the vertical portion the lamp socket 12 is clamped so that the lamp bulb l0 is 4disposed between the partition 2 and thc frontclosure of the casing with `the filament of the bulbvbetween the plane of the indicator designation of the 4front closure 5 and the upper indicator designation ot the rear closure 5. A second light bulb 13 ot lesser candle power preferably is mounted in the compartment 4 and conductors 14 from a suitable source of our* reml lead to these light bulbs. The bulbs are of course arranged in circuits which may be closed by movements of the clutch and brake instrumentalities of the vehicle, this being well known and forming no particular part of the present invention, however.

The signal indications are provided by stenciled cut-outs inthe plates 5 and 5 and to this end I preferably cut an arrow figure 5x1 in the front plate 5 at its lower portion so as to be illuminated by the bulb 10, and a similar arrow 5b in the rear plate 5 at its upper portion, above the bulb 10. Both of these indications will be simultaneously visible upon lighting of the bulb 10 so as to indicate to trafiic in front and rear of the vehicle a direction of contemplated movement of the same. In the lower portion of the plate 5 is stencil cut the word Stop, deslgnated 5c and this will be illuminated by lighting of the bulb13. The back surface of.

the portion of the partition wall designated 2 and the under surface of the inclined portion 2 reflect the light rays for the stop signal.

The rear face of the front plate 5 at its upper half and the top face of the partition section 2 constitute refiectors for the arrow 5", while the front face of the partition section 2 constitutes a back reflector for the front arrow 5. Any desired color may be given to these signal designations by using the proper colored glass closures 6 and 6.

The form of the device lwhich is shown in Figures 7 and 8 is modified to include a tail light compartment. That form of the device which is shown in Figures 1 to 5 is particularly designed vfor use where a separate tail light is provided for the vehicle and' may of course be dis osed on the rear mudard at the left si e of the machine. In t e combined form of Figures 7 and 8 the lamp is designed to be .supported by the bracket 15 which may also constitute the support for a license tag 16 disposed directly beneath the tail light compartment 17 of the si al lamp. l

' he compartment 17 is separate4 from the compartments in the main casing 1 and contains the light bulb 18 which also illuminates the license sign disposed directly beneath it through the window 19. The front closure glass 20 for this compartment is of red color, as customary. The disposition of this tail light compartment beneath the lamp casing as shown in Figures 7 and 8 involves a redisposition of the light bulb in the rear compartment 4 hereinbefore described with reference to the irst construction mentioned.

side of the partition As shown in Figure 7, the light of the compartment 4, designated 13, is mounted in a, bracket 11 similar to the bracket for supporting the light 10 in the main compartment. In Figure 9 this bracket 11 is distinctly Vdepicted and it being preferably of 4resilient metal serves to protect the light bulb mounted thereon from the jars which tend to destroy the li ht filament.

Having thus descri ed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A signal lamp of the class described including an open-ended casing, a closure inember for one end thereof having indicia at its upperportion, an opposite closure having indicia at its lower portion and an imperforate upper portion with a reflecting face opposite the first mentioned indicia, a partition intermediate of said closure having a reflecting face parallel to the indicia beneath the reflecting surface of said opposite closure and extending to a horizontal plane passing through the upper indicia and also having a refiecting face extending downwardly to meet the first mentioned closure below the indicia thereon, and means for supporting a light intermediate the reflecting surface of the o posite closure and the arallel reflecting ace of the partition belbw the uppermost portion of said partition.

2. A signal lamp of the class described including an open-ended casing, a closure member for one endv thereof having indicia at its upper and lower portions, an opposite closure havin indicia at'its lower portion and an imper orate upper portion witha reflecting face opposite the first mentioned indicia, a partition intermediate of said closures having a reflecting face parallel to the indicia beneath the refiecting surface of said opposite closure extending to a horizontal plane passing through the upper indicia and also having a refiecting face inclined downwardly toy meet the first mentioned closure below the indicia thereon, means for supporting a light intermediate the reflecting surface of the opposite closure and below the uppermost portion of said partition, and means for supporting a light at the opposite from the first mentioned light support to illuminate the indicia at the lower portion of the first mentioned closure member.

. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PIERRE PAUL BASTERREIX. 

